There is no such thing as a wrong note ... just as long as you're singing along. Pete Seeger More Quotes by Pete Seeger More Quotes From Pete Seeger Well, it's one of the things that will. Words are good, and words help us become the leading species on earth to the point where we are now ready to wipe ourselves off the earth. But I think that all the arts are needed, and sports too, and cooking, food, and all these different ways of communication. Smiles, looking into eyes directly, all these different means of communication are needed to save this world. But certainly a great melody Pete Seeger communicationsportsart We all go to different churches or no churches, we have different favorite foods, different ways of making love, different ways of doing all sorts of things, but there we're all singing together. Gives you hope. Pete Seeger singingmaking-lovegiving If you love this land of the free, bring them home, bring them home, Bring them back from overseas. Pete Seeger landhomewar Do-so is more important than say-so. Pete Seeger importantaction I was never enthusiastic about being somebody who was supposed to be silent about being a member of something. Pete Seeger enthusiasticmemberssilent My mother playing the violin and my father and grandfather playing the piano, classical stuff. Pete Seeger pianomotherfather I would ask, "How can one have a technological society without research? How can one have research without researching dangerous areas? How can one research dangerous areas without uncovering dangerous information? How can you uncover dangerous information without it falling into the hands of insane people who will sooner or later destroy the human race, if not the whole of life on earth?" Who knows? God only knows! Pete Seeger racehandsfall I'd like to be remembered as the sower of seeds. That's the greatest parable in the bible as far as I'm concerned. Some seeds fall in the pathway, get stomped on and don't grow. Some fall on the stones and don't even sprout, but others fall on the ground and multiply a thousand fold. Pete Seeger pathwaysstonesfall I believe that all technological societies tend to self-destruct. The reason is that the very things that make us a successful technological society, such as our curiosity, our ambition and determination, will also cause us to fall. Pete Seeger determinationbelievefall I used to agree with Kurt Vonnegut, who said that the human race has a snowball's chance in hell of being around a hundred years from now. Pete Seeger chanceraceyears When I am chopping trees out in the woods because I heat my house with wood, I feel myself right in the middle of God. Mahalia Jackson said "I have seen God. I have seen the sun rise." So, in a sense, when anyone looks in the mirror, they look at an infinitesimally small part of God. Pete Seeger mirrorshousetree The danger with the internet is that you don't need to think about music, you just search for it and you find the answer. Singing used to be part of everyday life. Women sang while pounding corn. Men sang while paddling canoes. Pete Seeger everydaymenthinking Sometimes you find an old tune so good you can use it several times for different purposes. Pete Seeger differenttunespurpose After visits to several Communist countries (USSR, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Slovenia, East Germany, Vietnam, China, Cuba), I feel strongly that most "revolutionary" types around the world don't realize the importance of freedom of the press and the air, a right to peaceably assemble and discuss anything, including the dangers of such discussions. Pete Seeger east-germanyaircountry The first country conquered by any dictator is his own country. Pete Seeger dictatorcountryfirsts I don't think of God as an old white man with no belly button, nor even an old black woman with no belly button. But I agree that God is something eternal. Something cannot come out of nothing. I believe God is Everything. And I believe in infinity. Pete Seeger menbelievethinking Music does affect your opinions. Plato is supposed to have said "It's very dangerous to allow the wrong kind of music into the republic." Pete Seeger republicplatodoe Town after town has but one newspaper or one radio station. It is often owned by Murdoch. Yes, we don't have as much freedom of the press as we think we have - although the traditional freedom of speech is strongly rooted in American culture. Pete Seeger freedom-of-speechculturethinking He [Alan Lomax] started right off trying to find people who could introduce folk songs to city people. He found a young actor named Burl Ives and said, "Burl, you know a lot of great country songs learned from your grandmother, don't you know people would love to hear them?" He put on radio programs. He persuaded CBS to dedicate "The School of the Air" for one year to American folk music. He'd get some old sailor to sing an old sea shanty with a cracked voice. Then he'd get me to sing it with my banjo. Pete Seeger songcountryschool However, the agricultural revolution took thousands of years, the Industrial Revolution took hundreds, and the information revolution only took decades. So, who knows what's going to happen in the next few decades, especially with the women's revolution. Pete Seeger nextinformationyears
